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Her family claim that being discharged
in the early hours made her condition worse. Her son-in-law, Richard
Smart, said yesterday: 'It is medical negligence. The hospital just
thought this is an old lady, she has seen better days, let's get rid.

'It is absolutely shocking. I wouldn't treat a dog like that.'

He added: 'She has been back in hospital for nearly a week now.'

Mrs Parr's ordeal, at Dewsbury
District Hospital, emerged on the day the Daily Mail revealed that an
elderly dementia patient was discharged from a different hospital at 2am
because bosses said it was 'in her best interests'.

Eileen Hansbury, 89, had suffered a suspected broken nose in a fall.She was taken back to her care home in an ambulance.

Her family accused Warrington Hospital of being more interested in freeing up beds than protecting her interests.

Earlier this month it emerged that up to 400,000 NHS patients were discharged between 11pm and 6am last year.

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust said they were looking into the family's concerns

Mrs Parr, a retired seamstress who
also has a blood disorder and sight problems, fell out of bed at the
flat she shares with her husband in Wakefield, West Yorkshire on April
17.

Her husband pulled the emergency cord and she was taken to A&E
at about 11.45pm.

When she returned home she collapsed again, and her frail husband was unable to lift her up or raise the alarm.

Mr Smart said the driver of the
ambulance who took her to hospital had told him he specifically asked
A&E staff to contact her family, but they did not

He added: 'She was put in a taxi with
an unknown male driver and was wearing just a nightie. If we had not
found her she could have been lying there for hours. We have been told
it could have developed into pneumonia.'

Eileen Hansbury,who suffers from dementia, was sent back to her care home at 2am

Mrs Parr was referred back to hospital
later that day by her GP. She is being treated for the chest infection
at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.

Her husband, who served with the
Royal Engineers in the Second World War, is receiving respite care.

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
chief nurse Tracey McErlain-Burns said: 'I am sorry for any distress
that Mrs Parr and her family have experienced as our aim is to provide
the highest possible level of service.

'We have spoken with the family
directly and are looking into their concerns.'